Free Download Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH): Developing Sustainable Practices
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031332210 | 444 Pages | PDF (True) | 51 MB
This book presents practical, applicable solutions that contribute to built heritage conservation, discussing challenges like resource constraints, ineffective legislation, lack of coordination between different relevant bodies, and absence of public awareness and involvement. This is to maintain the beauty and cultural meaning of the architectural heritage since they are like a glimpse from the past life, representing how people lived, their religions, and beliefs in addition to the primitive but inspirational technology used in construction. As a result, this book is of significant importance to professionals in the fields of architecture, sustainability, as well as policymakers.

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Improving Resilience and Awareness Towards Preservation, Risk Mitigation and Governance Strategies
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032182741 | 507 Pages | PDF (True) | 82 MB

Heritage Railway - March 15th 2024
English | 108 Pages | PDF | 106.55 MB

Free Download Rocco Furferi, Rodorico Giorgi, Kate Seymour, "The Future of Heritage Science and Technologies: Materials Science"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031156757, 3031156781 | PDF | pages: 330 | 14.9 mb
This book presents selected work from the Florence Heri-Tech, a conference focused on the use of innovative technologies and methods for analyzing, managing, and preserving cultural heritage. This book presents chapters on the chemical and physical advancement in the development of new materials and methods for the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. It also covers trends in conservation and restoration technology: biotechnology, nanotechnology, tailored materials, and physical technologies. The reader also finds information on methods and instruments for the conservation diagnosis and treatments.

Free Download Douglas Brinkley, "Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America"
English | ISBN: 0062089234 | 2016 | 752 pages | EPUB | 14 MB
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Free Download Leonard Sweet, "Mother Tongue: How Our Heritage Shapes Our Story"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1612915825 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 1.6 mb
No one shapes our heritage or affects our legacy like our mother.

Free Download Bijan Rouhani, "Managing Disaster Risks to Cultural Heritage"
English | ISBN: 1032204532 | 2023 | 308 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Managing Disaster Risks to Cultural Heritage presents case studies from different regions in the world and establishes a framework for understanding, identifying, and analysing disaster risks to immovable cultural heritage.

Free Download Heritage in War and Peace: Legal and Political Perspectives for Future Protection by Gianluigi Mastandrea Bonaviri, Mirosław Michał Sadowski
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 576 Pages | ISBN : 3031473469 | 13.5 MB
This edited collection, which brings together nearly fifty authors from across the globe and various disciplines, makes a valuable contribution to the field of conservation, covering a wide range of topics regarding the protection of heritage in times of war and peace. Uniquely linking the two typically separate perspectives, the book builds on the wealth of discussions that took place during the 2021 and 2022 installments of the international "Heritage in War and Peace" Seminars held in Rome and Montréal, respectively.

Free Download Michael Dawson, "Heritage Under Pressure - Threats and Solution: Studies of Agency and Soft Power in the Historic Environment"
English | ISBN: 1789252466 | 2019 | 336 pages | PDF | 56 MB
Heritage under Pressure examines the relationship between the political perspective of the UK government on 'soft power' and the globalising effect of projects carried out by archaeologists and heritage professionals working in the historic environment. It exemplifies the nature of professional engagement and the role of the profession in working towards a theory of practice based on the integrity of data, the recovery and communication of information, and the application of data in real world situations. Individual papers raise complex and challenging issues, such as commemoration, identity, and political intervention.

Free Download Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms: 8th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM) by Marco Ceccarelli, Irem Aslan Seyhan
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 392 Pages | ISBN : 3031548752 | 235 MB
This book gathers the latest advances in the field of history of science and technology, as presented by leading international researchers at the 8th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM), held in Ankara, Turkey on April 18-20, 2024. The Symposium, which was promoted by the permanent commission for the History of Machine and Mechanism Science (MMS) of IFToMM, provided an international forum to present and discuss historical developments in the field of MMS. The contents cover all aspects of the development of MMS from antiquity until the present era and its historiography: modern reviews of past works, engineers in history and their works, the development of theories, history of the design of machines and mechanisms, historical developments of mechanical design and automation, historical developments of teaching, the history of schools of engineering, the education of engineers. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaborations.